Re: We capitalize place names

[written_by -at- juno -dot- com]

>>Not all, we do not capitalize all place names ... consider your
>>example, 'our "homes."'

Excluding any odd rules or obscure definitions that allow "house" or
"home" to be considered a place name, (I do not know of any) I think you
are wrong. I think most reasonable people would take "place name" to be a
city, state or specific place. Homes is not one.

Beehive House is a place name. I think. It really does not matter. I
would capitalize Beehive House (A Mormon landmark here in Utah) because
it looks better, and most reasonable people would likely agree with me.

I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah is a place name.
Home is a just a place, is it not? Do you capitalize the word home or
house when you use it in a sentence? No, I do not either. 

My grammar book tells me that I must capitalize proper nouns and words
derived from them. All other nouns are common nouns and therefore, no
capitalization.

Bob

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